Healing is what happens when Pastoral Practitioners minister, enabling people to receive restoration to health of body and mind through God's great love and mercy. This restoration of health is part of what is meant by the "abundant life" which the Lord promised.

New research has reported that risk of heart failure decreases with increasing blood levels of vitamin C [1]. Persons with the lowest plasma levels of ascorbate had the highest risk of heart failure, and persons with the highest levels of vitamin C had the lowest risk of heart failure.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services recently released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines. These recommendations, released every five years, have been biased against nutritional supplements, even though it’s difficult for most Americans to consume the recommended nutrient levels from diet alone.